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The great bulk of the 93 deaths, viz., 80, was due to phthisis. The number
in 1924 was 121.
Of the total number of deaths registered (1,257), the percentage due to
phthisis was 6.3, as against 6.1 in 1924 and 9.1 in 1919. The age periods at which
the deaths occurred were: 5—15, 2 (2.5 per cent.); 15—25, 13 (16.2 per cent.);
25—45, 32 (40.2 per cent.) ; 45—65, 25 (31.1 per cent.); 65 and over. 8 (10.0 per
cent.). Below the age of five years, 5 deaths were certified as having occurred
from this disease.
The subject of phthisis is further discussed in connection with the notification
and prevention of tuberculosis.
The following table gives the figures for each of the years from 1919. It may
be noted that though there have been occasional rises the tendency has all the time
been downwards. The reasons for this will be discussed later.

RESPIRATORY DISEASES.
The number of deaths due to bronchitis, pneumonia, and other diseases of the
organs of respiration was 320. This is lower by 46 than the figure (366) for 1924.
The death-rate was 2.8 per 1,000. In 1924 the rate was 3.4. In 1919 there
were 362 deaths, and the rate was 3.6.
The number of deaths certified to be due to bronchitis was 168, as against 184
in 1924. Of this number 116 were amongst persons aged 65 and upwards, and 42
amongst those of the group 45—65.
The deaths traceable to pneumonia numbered 133, and, as in the case of
bronchitis, the later age groups contributed the greatest numbers, though 25 of
the deaths occurred amongst children under 2 years of age.
Notification of pneumonia, which was introduced in March, 1919, has been
in full operation since that date. The number of notifications received in 1925
was 69. Further particulars with regard to distribution of the cases, both in
relation to age and residence, will be found in the table on page 80. Visits were
paid to each of the notified cases, and any assistance possible in the way of removal
to hospital or nursing (under the Council's arrangement with the Paddington and
Marylebone Nursing Association) offered. After recovery, or if death unfortunately
occurred, as soon as convenient thereafter, disinfection, if desired, was carried out.
CANCER OR MALIGNANT DISEASE.
The number of deaths due to cancer was 161 and the death-rate 1.41 per 1,000
of the population. These figures are slightly less than those for 1919 when the
deaths numbered 161 and the rate was 1.68 per 1,000. In 1924 the figures were
higher, the total being 186 and the death-rate 1.76 per 1,000 of the population.